Willie Fraser; or, The little Scotch boy, and other tales1846 - 80 pages |
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Page 183 - A popular History of England, from Alfred to Elizabeth, adapted to the capacities of young persons. The matter is unexceptionable, and embodies a good deal of information, valuable and interesting to juvenile readers. Certain delect* of manner are counterbalanced by the dispassionate and just estimate of the characters of the persons, and the causes and influence of events."— Spectator.
Page 183 - HISTORICAL PRINTS. REPRESENTING SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE EVENTS IN ENGLISH HISTORY, IN WHICH THE COSTUMES OF THE TIMES ARE CAREFULLY PRESERVED; WITH DESCRIPTIONS, BY EMILY TAYLOR, Author of" Tales of the Saxons,